Monday, September 07, 2009

COMMENTS: So much for the soft part of the schedule. While the Rockies are beating the teams they're supposed to beat, the Dodgers are alternating wins and losses like a three-card Monte dealer on meth. What was supposed to be a September cakewalk has turned into the pie-eating contest scene from Stand by Me. Although SoSG Sax tells us the Dodgers still have a 99% chance of making the playoffs, time is running out for the bats to awaken from their hibernation. This limp to the finish line could be curdling a sweet season. Bah.

agreed Neeebs - we have gotten to the point in the season where you have to grind out the wins and not care so much how they come. the 2-1 win where you score your runs on a wild pitch or a GIDP should be appreciated just as much as a 9-1 win where everybody gets a hit, scores a run or gets an RBI

"The slash of the silver blade could not be heard over the roar of the oncoming crowd or the sounds of the clashing giants or the stampeding "rockies", and yet it seemed to draw every eye. With a single stroke Neville sliced off the great snake's head, which spun high into the air...and the snake's body thudded to the ground"

Russ, that's all you could do, after Scherzer called you a "fucking asshole" on the telly after that testy inning? Embarrassing. Either charge the mound or knock it out of the park (preferably the 2nd option). Don't just ground weakly up the middle.

It's funny, I would have had a scoop on the Kershaw thing if I had paid more attention. We were by the bullpen at yesterday's game, and Christine heard Flippo, the bullpen catcher, telling a friend of his that someone had hurt his right shoulder. Christine didn't hear the name, and I didn't hear any of the exchange at all.

I wasn't giving you any grief about not look at the main page, by the way! Just pointing it out. :-) Sadly, I usually keep both the GT and the main page open in two different tabs, in case I might miss something life changing.

I will take the run. But man, Loney has to be the slowest professional ball player I've ever seen. The camera caught him starting his run from 3rd to home, and it looked like in Scooby Doo where Scooby runs in place for awhile before he actually gets going forward.

What a beautiful story from Vinny as Pierre stepped up to bat. He started with a re-cap of the fact that JP had stolen 2nd and 3rd in his last sequence, and was reminded of Jackie Robinson. Then Vinny went into a little vignette about how in Jackie's early days, "in Pittsburgh if I remember," and the fans "were all over him." Vinny was classy enough not to bring up the fact that "all over him" meant yelling racial taunts at #42. He went on to say that despite those taunts, Jackie stole 2nd, stole 3rd, then he stole home.

I treasure every call of the game by Vinny. He is such a bridge between the then and the now.